A car accident and near death experience allow Courtney Veau to visit her past-life in the post-Civil War west. After recovering, she goes in search of proof that her trip through time was more than imagination. In her heart, she knows she left behind not only a family she loves but life with the man who shares her soul. A man she¿ll love forever, Merril Shilo.Beautiful cattle heiress, Nichole Harris, is gravely injured in a carriage accident. The injury steals her memory and leaves her to rely on echoes of emotion and intuition to navigate her world. Worse, flashes of memory return but are out of time with the world around her. Almost as though they could belong to someone else. As rivals try to take control of her life, and her ranch, she fights a desperate battle to survive.Merril Shilo is the love of Courtney¿s life¿no matter when that life might be. The memories and emotions of her life as Nichole consume Courtney¿s mind¿and her heart. She soon finds her desire for Merril even threatens her sanity, as he beckons from the past she can no longer reach. Courtney would give anything, even her life, to return to her soul-mate. If only there were a passage back.